2018 Holley LS Fest West Results From Las Vegas

05/09/2018
10 min read

2018 Holley LS Fest West Results From Las Vegas

05/09/2018
10 min read
With massive growth across the board, the 2nd annual Holley LS Fest West at Las Vegas Motor Speedway exceeded all expectations. Spectator attendance was up 96% from the inaugural 2017 event, participant attendance rose 45%, vendor participation climbed 22%, and total attendance was up by 62%.



YouTube channel for an audience of more than a million viewers, and YouTube personality Cleetus McFarland enjoyed a massive following wherever he went all weekend. McFarland's incredibly popular "Leroy the Savage," a stripped-down Corvette that has to be seen to be believed, charged down the quarter-mile drag strip and burned rubber at the autocross and 3S Challenge to the cheers of the crowd.


Grand Champion crown by taking first place in the Racepak Road Course Challenge, Baer Brakes 3S Challenge, and Lateral G/QA1 Autocross at the wheel of his '06 Corvette. Joining Willhoff as a Grand Champion was Kevin Phillips, who became the first-ever Truck Grand Champion with his '91 Chevy S10.
Racepak Road Course Challenge was the hardest. There’s more risk, but also more reward." Duke Langley took second place, Jordan Priestly was third, and Carrie Willhoff, Willhoff's wife, finished fourth.
Baer Brakes 3S Challenge win with times that varied by a scant three-hundredths of a second – 13.103 seconds from the left side and a 13.071 on the right. "I didn’t really make any changes to the car – no sway bar changes, no shock changes at all," he said. "It just worked right off the trailer." Glen Barnhouse took second with a combined time of 26.512, and Langley was third with a time of 26.598.
Lateral G/QA1 Autocross crown. "That was the area I need to focus on most, and I really worked on it for this year," said Willhoff, who had more than half a second on the field. Langley and Barnhouse flip-flopped positions from the 3S Challenge, with Langley earning runner-up and Glen Barnhouse claiming third. Phillips was highest-finishing truck driver and collected the Bronze Award.
Lucas Oil Drift Challenge. Sorenson, driving an E46 BMW, outdueled Noah Michaels' Nissan 240SX, which is powered by a Torqstorm centrifugal supercharger, in the final go, and Ian McDougall brought home third.
Nitto Off-Road Challenge, piloting his Holley-equipped Unlimited Buggy to the overall Unlimited Buggy title. Cody Waggoner was second and John Goodby took third. In the PreRunner class, Blake Wilkey got the win over Darren Parsons. Terra Crew was also onsite displaying their long travel pre-runner trucks and buggies. Terra drivers are capable of sending their vehicles off of long pre-built dirt ramps at speed and sailing for 80-100 feet!
MSD Drag Racing categories were contested – Three Pedals LSX Rumble, LS Outlaw 275, Earl’s LS Truck, Sam Tech LSX Street King, Vortech Superchargers Late Model Heads-Up, and Cam Motion True Street. Brenda Cox was the big winner on the drag strip, making three runs in a row with three-thousandths of a second of one another in the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final of LSX Rumble. She topped Luis Ramos in the finale and was awarded a $2,800 TorqStorm supercharger in addition to her race winnings.
NOS Dyno Challenge, John Gazon, Mike Bozner, Chris Hart, and Logan Palmer took top honors. Gazon won the Non-Power Adder division with 594 horsepower from his '70 Nova. Bozer won the Power Adder class with a whopping 1,201 horsepower from his LS-powered '96 Mustang. Hart took the Corvette Non-Power Adder competition, and Palmer won the Corvette Power adder crown. For complete results from the event, click here.

See complete event results for the overall Grand Champion.

See complete event results for the Racepak Road Course Challenge.

See complete event results for the Baer Brakes 3S Challenge.

See complete event results for the Lateral G/QA1 Autocross.

See complete event results for the Lucas Oil Drift Challenge.

See complete event results for the Nitto Off-Road Challenge.

See complete event results for MSD Drag Racing.

See complete event results for the NOS Dyno Challenge.

See complete event results for the LS1 Tech/Hooker BlackHeart Show-N-Shine.

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